Glen Campbell Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets
26th October 2014
Fact: Ailing country singer Glen Campbell will be honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the annual Hollywood Music in Media Awards on 4 November (14). The Rhinestone Cowboy hitmaker, who has been battling Alzheimer's disease since 2011, will get the accolade for his contribution to the music industry at the ceremony in Los Angeles. The prizegiving celebrates the best music in movies, Tv, commercials and video games.
21st June 2012
Fact: Kris Kristofferson, Lucinda Williams and Jackson Browne will pay tribute to ailing country legend Glen Campbell at one of the Wichita Lineman singer's final California shows at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday (24Jun12). Campbell, who is battling the early stages of Alzheimer's Disease, is currently on his farewell tour.
31st August 2011
Fact: Country star Glen Campbell's lifestory is about to be turned into a new movie by the man who produced Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line. Moviemaker James Keach has just signed on to develop a film based on the Wichita Lineman singer's amazing story from talented studio guitarist and part-time Beach Boys star, through his heyday as a music and TV superstar, to his drink and drug woes and his current battle with Alzheimer's Disease.
23rd August 2011
Quote: "I give her all the credit for that. If you pray from your heart, there will be return mail. I've seen that happen to me." Country legend Glen Campbell credits his wife Kim and God for his sobriety.
22nd August 2011
Fact: Three of country star Glen Campbell's kids play in a band called Instant People.
22nd August 2011
Quote: "The first time I took it, cocaine, it was like your eye was coming out of your head... It was like a dog that gets into your henhouse and steals your eggs." Glen Campbell on the first time he tried cocaine.
30th October 2006
Fact: WICHITA LINEMAN singer Glen Campbell has donated a reissue of the Ovation guitar he has used extensively throughout his career to the Musicians Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee.
20th April 2006
Fact: Country star Glen Campbell has revamped his RHINESTONE COWBOY hit into a new rap tune.
20th April 2006
Fact: Country superstar Glen Campbell is teaming up with Andy Williams for a six-week run at the legendary crooner's Branson, Missouri theatre.
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